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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Vol. 18 | No. 7

Commissioner Shell honors KHSAA-KDA

Ag Athletes of the Year at midcourt at Rupp Arena

Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, center, awarded six Kentucky high school student-athletes 2025 Kentucky High School Athletic Association-Kentucky Department of Agriculture Ag Athletes of the Year awards during the KHSAA Boys’ Sweet Sixteen State Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Pictured are, from left, Kenton Johnson, Jackson Major, Aiden Manley, Commissioner Shell, Abby Knarr, Harper Richey, and Laney Pease.

Commissioner Shell proclaims April as Soybean Month in Ky.

KDA Chief of Staff Mark Bowling, left, and Office of Ag Policy Director Brandon Reed, third from left, presented the proclamation.

Ky. soybean farmer recognized for environmental stewardship

Meade County farmer Fred Sipes is one of Kentucky's three representatives on the American Soybean Association Board.

Allen Countian named

KFB Farm Woman of the Year

Kori Thomas and her husband, Micah, own and operate Peach Tree Farm and Greenhouse in Allen County.

More agriculture-related headlines in the news

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Commissioner Shell signs Kentucky Agriculture Trade Day proclamation

General Assembly overrides governor’s veto on bill for KDA employees

Ky. Ag Development Board approves more than $2.1 million in projects

Farm Credit Mid-America co-op returns $31 million to Ky. customers

Disaster declaration provides emergency loans in 74 Kentucky counties

USDA cuts programs that provide local food to schools, food banks

Candid Conversation with KFB farm market coordinator Fran McCall

Drivers urged to share roads with farm equipment during spring planting

Kentucky's first vet school at Murray State is one step closer to reality

UK researchers conduct study on horse owner/veterinarian relationships

UK names new director of its Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

How to protect pregnant mares from Eastern Tent Caterpillars

UK Ag Equine Programs celebrate 20 years of excellence

UK dietetics alum connects food & agriculture through nutrition & health

Johnsonville cheddar brats sold in Kentucky recalled

Kentucky corn drives U.S.-Vietnam ethanol trade deal

'Bear with me,' Trump says as farmers brace for effects of U.S. tariffs

First case of bird flu in sheep found on British farm

What sparked the birth of agriculture, the ancient shift that still feeds us?

Take a survey if you buy food for institutions, programs

Hobbyist to commercial beekeepers asked to take survey by April 30

Kentucky Beginning Grazing School to be held April 29-30 in Russellville

Headwater Farm in Lexington invites public to its Field Day April 24

Spring Fencing Schools will be April 22, 24 in Lewisport, Tompkinsville

Learn about cattle grading April 22 at Flemingsburg stockyards

Apply by April 17 for USDA Value-Added Producer Grants

Deadline is April 15 to sign up for federal crop safety-net programs

UK Ag Equine Programs to hold alumni reunion April 12 at Keeneland

KAFC, KADB will meet April 11, 18 at Franklin County Extension Office

And in case you missed it ...

Vegetable Orchestra earns world record by playing with their food

Kentucky ag fact

Kentucky leads the nation in horse sales, which totaled $767.6 million during the 2023-24 fiscal year.

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